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| The Day After; Sawyer rp, 'Supermarket Sweep' match | |
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| Topic Started: Jun 20 2009, 12:05 AM (97 Views) | |
| Eiji Naginata | Jun 20 2009, 12:05 AM Post #1 |
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“Holy Sh*t!” (The words J. A. Sawyer mouthed as the referee handed him the CZW Television Championship belt, June 14, 2009) ************************ Monday, June 15: Combat Zone Wrestling Headquarters. They were finishing up after a fairly grueling day. J. A. Sawyer, in light brown dress pants and a darker brown, short sleeve polo shirt (about as dressed up as he would get aside from a wedding or a funeral), had taken many strange and violent matches before, had even wrestled for a half hour a time or two, but none of that was as physically exhausting as spending the day at Headquarters in meetings with various behind-the-scenes personnel about various things. The longest meeting had included a word that almost scared the former Working Man. Itinerary. He would be spending the next two weeks, starting bright and early Tuesday morning, on a press tour to start building up Summer Showdown. He would be going into the upcoming Pay-Per-View as champion and, since he was not nursing an injury or otherwise unable, he was expected to travel. Four different cities this week ending in a Pro-Wrestling convention in Miami on Friday (who goes to Miami in the summer, the Michigan boy in him thinks), and the entire following week in the city the Pay-Per-View would happen in making appearances. It wasn’t quite this bad in WCW. For that matter, it wasn’t this busy when Sawyer and Billy Williams had won the CZW (pre-Global) Tag Team belts. Of course, CZW is a lot bigger company now. It was so much different. There was the ‘You represent CZW now so act accordingly while out in public’ meeting. There was the ‘T-shirt, poster, and action figure’ meeting. There was the dreaded ‘itinerary’ and travel meeting. Now there was the meeting with an agent to finalize a few things and then they would film a promotional spot to be shown on CZW syndicated programming and online. After, they would be done with him for the day and he could get some rest for his flight in the morning. EARLY in the morning. Sawyer grins, thinking: “I’ll bet most of the guys NEVER see all this coming when they are chasing their first major championship!” Sydney Vicious: “Are you paying attention, J. A.?” Sawyer blinks. Wow, he really wasn’t. Sawyer: “Sorry, Syd. Been doing this all day. I haven’t even eaten lunch yet.” Sydney: “What was that?” Sawyer: “The last two meetings ran behind and I had to rush to get to the next one. Never had time.” Sydney, with a horrified expression: “I’m terribly sorry. We’ll wrap this up quickly so you can eat before you cut your promo, then. I was talking about your match this next weekend. It will be a ‘Supermarket Sweep’ match against Kris Kamikaze. It isn’t for the title but will definitely build toward Summer Showdown and the three-way match for the title. The specialty match you dreamed up is ahead in the polls already, by the way, but it’s a long time before the show.” Sawyer: “So…what in the hell is a ‘Supermarket Sweep’ match?” Sydney: “Umm…I don’t really know, but I’ll call you as soon as I know.” Sawyer: “I’m supposed to cut a promo without even knowing the rules of the match?” Syd smiles apologetically: “That would only be if I can’t find out what it is. Besides, you are very creative. You’ll think of something.” Sawyer: “Thanks for the confidence. By the way, has anything come up for Bunny?” Bunny Simpson had been an interviewer for Western Championship Wrestling who had approached CZW for work. Syd: “I haven’t heard anything new, but it’s not really my department. She isn’t a wrestler, and we are full up on interview and commentary crew. With the economy and revenue down, I’m not sure what we would hire her for.” Sawyer: “I’ll look into it further.” Syd: “Ok, we’re done. Go down to the cafeteria and get something.” Sawyer: “Cool. Take care of yourself.” Syd: “You, too.” Sawyer leaves the office thinking: “Maybe I’ll just shoot this promo vid and get something on the way to the hotel later. I’ve waited this long.” ******************** As it happens, he made a quick phone call as he walks to the CZW studio. Sawyer: “Hey, Kaneda. How’s the foot?” Kaneda Kong: “It is an annoyance. I will be ready within one or two weeks. Congratulations, my friend. I watched your match today. I do not know how you can perform a match that is funny and serious at the same time, but you and Blaze do this well. Does the win feel good?” Sawyer: “Right now, it feels bone-tired. I’ve been running around here all day. Of course I’m happy about winning the TV title, but I feel a bit guilty about it, too.” Kaneda: “How so?” Sawyer: “Blaze was a good champ. It would have given me great satisfaction to take it from an ass who doesn’t deserve it, but Brian is a great champion. He represents very well.” Kaneda: “That is hard to understand. It means more to win an honor from a worthy than from an unworthy opponent.” Sawyer: “True, and I’ll admit that pinning Blaze does mean a lot. He’s a good wrestler and I can’t say I’d win every time we have a match. It still sucks that I ended a good title reign instead of a bad one.” Kaneda: “I think I understand. What do they have for you this week?” Sawyer: “A ‘Supermarket Sweep’ match against Kamikaze.” Kaneda: “And what does that entail?” Sawyer: “Don’t know yet. A match at a local supermarket? Wouldn’t put it past CZW match makers.” Kaneda: “Pardon my ignorance, but what is a supermarket?” Sawyer, thinking: “Ummmm...kanbutsuya, a grocery store.” Kaneda: “I hear you. Supaamarketto. I didn’t recognize your pronunciation.” Sawyer: “Anyway, I don’t really know what will happen but I’m just going to be ready for it. If Kris hasn’t been paying attention, he’s going to be surprised at what I’m capable of, what I can adapt to on the fly.” Kaneda: “Indeed.” Sawyer: “Well, I’m here for the shoot. If you don’t make it back soon I’ll see you when I come over there in a few weeks. Take care.” Kaneda: “You as well my friend.” ********************** “Three...two...one...action!” The camera is pointed at a smallish stage with blood red curtains and the CZW logo on the wall behind. As the cameras begin filming, we hear a familiar Godzilla theme play. Godzilla, or at least Sawyer dressed in the same monster costume he wore at the last Overdrive, steps into the scene. He roars, and then looks into the camera. When he speaks, his voice is muffled and we can hardly understand him. Godzilla: “Tererishion Shampion! It feelsh great to finarry hold shingles gode in She-Zee-Dubbowoo! My congrashurashions to Bryan Brashe for gibbing me a fantashtic mash...OH FOR HEAVENSH SHAKE!” Godzilla fights with the head of the costume for a moment and then takes it off. He fumbles with the head and sticks his arm up into it, apparently trying to grasp something. Then he points it to the camera with his arm still inside. Sawyer: “Hey, little Godzilla, how are you doing to day?” At this point Sawyer begins to speak out of the corner of his mouth in a gruff voice while, at the same time, making the mask's mouth move as if it is talking. Head: “I’m doing pretty good, man! Megalon was all attitude today, so I KICKED HIS STINKING TEETH IN!.” Sawyer: “Are you sure he was the one with the attitude? I mean, you are known to have a hot temper.” The Godzilla head looks at Sawyer, who looks back incredulously. The head looks towards the camera. Head: “I can’t believe he just said that.” It looks back at Sawyer. Head: “I KILL YOU!!!” Sawyer startles, then puts the head down on the floor next to him, standing to face the camera once more. Sawyer, still in headless Godzilla costume: “As I was saying before I was rudely interrupted....(he looks down at the head, which turns and looks back up at him even though he is NO LONGER HOLDING IT, the bottom part of course being off screen. Sawyer looks back at the camera)...congratulations to Brian Blaze for one hell of a match and crowd pleasing entertainment. I’ve already heard that a rematch is in the future and I look forward to facing him again. I think we raised the prestige of the Television Championship up a few notches with just one match. I can’t wait. “Now on to my match this week. Kris Kamikaze, as The Monster from Michigan stands here recording this video, I don’t know exactly what a ‘Supermarket Sweep’ match so I’m going into Colorado Springs at a bit of a disadvantage, but then I don’t think you know what to expect, either. That fits right into my way of thinking, ‘Big Time!’ Even before becoming Godzilla, I’ve always trained to react to what comes at me. I might be slow on my feet but my reflexes are sharp! It doesn’t matter what they throw at us, I’ll be ready the moment it happens.” The camera slowly zooms in towards Sawyer’s face until we are at an extreme close up, his face taking up the entire screen. Sawyer cocks his head a little as he speaks, his voice almost in a whisper. Sawyer: “But now I’m a little wilder. Now I’m more unpredictable. Oh I still have the technical wrestling skills and ability to take punishment that has taken me far, but now I’m stronger and you can’t foresee what I’m going to do next when I don’t even know what I’ll do!” Sawyer’s demeanor suddenly shifts. He looks angry, intense. He is suddenly breathing harder. Sawyer: “Kris, you’ve insulted me, you’ve insulted the fans, and you’ve insulted CZW with your prima-donna attitude. I may not know what this ‘Supermarket Sweep’ match entails, but if there is a way during the match to cause you some pain and major discomfort, I’ll find it.” The camera backs up a bit and Godzilla lifts the CZW Television title belt up into the scene. He pats it affectionately. Sawyer: “This is my new friend, Kris. And this is going to be there in Colorado, sitting there as a reminder the I did what you couldn’t do. I succeeded where you failed. This belt is laughing at you, Kris, and its laughing ‘Big Time’.” The camera backs up a little more so we can see the costume head still standing on the floor. We still cannot see the open bottom of the head. Sawyer turns to walk away. Sawyer: “Come on.” Head, mouth moving: “All right. Next time I better at least get dinner .” The head TURNS AND FOLLOWS Sawyer off screen as the video ends. Edited by Eiji Naginata, Jun 20 2009, 02:44 AM.
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